Arthur hypolite durand



UNiTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR IIYPOLITE DUB-AND, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

WASHBOILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,491, dated March 8,1898.

Application filed April 23, 1897.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR HYPOLITE DU- RAND, a citizen of Canada,residing at Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in W'ashboilers, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to washboilers in which hollow columns are used asconduits to direct hot water or suds from the bottom upward and overclothes placed in a boiler to facilitate the cleansing thereof; and theobjects of my invention are to provide the false bottom with foldablelegs pivoted thereto and with removable hollow columns to permit saidfalse bottom to be used as a washboard in connection with the boiler orwith an ordinary tub. I attain these objects by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is avertical central section of the washing-machine constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3is a central vertical section of the false bottom or washboard of theapparatus removed from the boiler and shown with one of the legs turnedat right angles to the bottom and projecting therefrom. Fig. 4. is acentral longitudinal section of one of the hollow columns. 7

In said drawings, A represents the boiler, which is of any suitableform, preferably with a flat bottom, fiat sides, and semicylindricalends. Within the boiler is placed the false bottom 13, which consists ofa top plate 1, having a periphery corresponding with that of the boilerand nearly fitting against its sides. Said plate 1 has corrugations 9transversely thereof to constitute a rubbing-surface for clothes, asfound ordinarily in washboards, and is supported by a hoop 2, the upperedge of which is soldered or otherwise secured to the bottom of theplate 1 a short distance Within its periphery, said plate and hoopconstituting together an inverted box, under which when in use the wateris generally in a state of ebullition.

In each end of the plate 1 there is an opening 4, through the bottom ofwhich is introduced a hollow tapering column 5, the lower end of whichfits in the opening 1. To support and removably lock the column to theplate 1, the inner bottom edge is flanged outwardly at 3. The upper faceof the flange 3 Serial No. 633,481. (No model.)

bears against the bottom of the plate 1, and a turn-button 6, pivoted tothe bottom of said plate, has its outer end bent down and horizontallyto press against the bottom of the flange 3 and support the column in alocked position. Each column has secured to about one-half of its upperedge at 8 a plate of metal 7, thin enough to be elastic or yielding,according to the amount of pressure of the water in ebullition issuingbetween its bottom face and the free upper edge of the column. The waterissues in a thin sheet, which falls upon the clothes placed upon theplate 1, and thence it returns under the false bottom between itsperiphery and bottom and the walls of the boiler.

To permit the false bottom to be used to rub clothes thereon by hand andbe retained at a suitable angle either within the washboiler or Within atub, it is provided with two pairs of legs 11 and 12, pivoted to thesides or hoop 2 upon bolts 13, passing through their upper ends andthrough said hoop. The legs 12 have their upper ends rounded, so thatthey can be folded inwardly, as in Fig. 1, or outwardly, as in Fig. 3,to add to the length of the false bottom at 15 and form legs therefor.The upper ends of the legs 11 have only their inner corner rounded, topermit them to be folded, while the outer corner is kept angular to forma shoulder to abut against the bottom of the plate 1, and consequentlyan angle 14, at which point the legs rest'on the edge of the boiler orof a tub; but before the false bottom is so used the hollow columns 5are removed from the openings at therein.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim 1. In an attachment toa washboiler a falsebottom plate 1 having a corrugated surface, ahoop-support therefor, turn-buttons pivoted to the bottom of said plate,and hollow columns removably secured to said plate by said turn-buttonssubstantially as described.

2. An attachment to a washboiler consisting of a corrugated plate, ahoop-support therefor, two pairs of legs pivoteCLto said hoop, andhollow columns removably secured to said plate substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR HYPOLITE DURAND.

Witnesses:

L. ACHILLE DUFRESNO, O. J UTRO.

